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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:30 PM Original message |
This whole "race" thing is a media creation |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Listening to Fox today - I agree. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yup. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. And it certainly works to keep folks' eyes off the mess we've made in Iraq, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. they'll hardly noticed that we invaded Iran |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. ...Or that we sold weapons to a "terrorist" nation (Saudi Arabia) n/t |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. But those issues are BORING... |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, Clyburn had an issue with it, too. I don't know much about him, |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. He walked it back the next day, and is officially impartial between Clinton and Obama |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. No, he singled out the Clintons |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. It certainly seems like a classic Rove distraction. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. even if it is, some of us are definitely enablers |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. You're kidding right? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Edit: Meh. Better to just "ignore" this. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Absolutely it is. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. But the campaigns themselves have added to the furor. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yes - but the media didn't have to cover it so it's their fault %-) |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The media does more than cover it -- it exploits and enlarges it. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I would add Edwards to this mix -- he is stoking the fires right now too |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The media has said it's the only story they'll cover, so Edwards has to get into it or disappear |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Does not work for me as a justification. What about principles rather |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Designed to sell more commercial spots. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. I agree, but this is a dialog that we should have had a long time ago. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I wish I shared your optimism. Something needs to be done right now -- |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I understand your sentiment, but this really is a discussion that many have never engaged in. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I am all for the discussion to continue -- but it is explosive when not |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Unfortunately, nothing refereed by the media can be called a discussion. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. They want a candidate the republicans can beat. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Exactly. Corporate media is driven by ratings, not the truth. |
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